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Animal Pathogens

Entomopathogenic hyphomycetes associated with gypsy moth larvae

Ann E. HajekDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853-0901Correspondence[email protected]
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Joseph S. ElkintonDepartment of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts01003
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Richard A. HumberU.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Tower Road, Ithaca, New York14853-2901
Pages 825-829 | Accepted 02 Jun 1997, Published online: 28 Aug 2018

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